CVO for the Domestic Chaplain at Sandringham

On the 5th July 2022 Her Majesty the Queen appointed The Reverend Canon Jonathan Byam Valentine Riviere LVO Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Domestic Chaplain at Sandringham.

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Tyrone

On the 6th July 2022, Robert Scott OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of County Tyrone commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of County Tyrone.

Dr Archibald Thomas Fullerton

CVO for the Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain’s Office

On the 22nd June 2022, Her Majesty the Queen appointed Ms Melissa Sarah Morris LVO Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Secretary in the Lord Chamberlain’s Office.

New Members of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle

On the 10th of June 2022, Her Majesty the Queen appointed the following people to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT/LT).

The Right Honourable Dame Elish Angiolini DBE

The Right Honourable Sir George Reid

New Deputy Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire

Lt Col (Retd) Johnny Stewart, Lord-Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire.

Mr Craig Dunbar

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Lieutenant Colonel (Acting Colonel) R. C. Harmer Aide-de-Camp to her household in succession to Colonel S. J. Shepherd MBE.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester

Sir Warren Smith KCVO KStJ JP, Lord-Lieutenant of the Greater Manchester has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester.

Mr Michael David Rollinson JP

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Sussex

Susan Pyper, Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Sussex.

Her Honour Judge Christine Laing QC
Professor Jane Longmore
The Reverend Rupert Toovey

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh

On the 3rd July 2022, The Viscount Brookeborough KG, Lord-Lieutenant of County Fermanagh appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of County Fermanagh.

Mrs Jane Styles DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Dumfries

Fiona Armstrong, Lord-Lieutenant of the Dumfries has commissioned the following people to become a Deputy Lieutenants of Dumfries.

Mr Hardip Singh Atwal
Lord David Patrick Wentworth Hope Johnstone

New Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire

Mr Edward Harley OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire commissioned the following to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire.

Mr Tim Howson

New Aide-de-Camp General to Her Majesty the Queen

On the 23 May 2022, Her Majesty the Queen has appointed General Sir James Hockenhull KBE, Aide-de-Camp General to her household. Following his appointment as Commander of the United Kingdom Strategic Command.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Derbyshire

Elizabeth Fothergill CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Derbyshire.

Mrs Jacqueline Wendy Bird MBE
The Earl of Burlington
Mr Scott Knowles

King of Norway's Daugther Announces Engagement

On the 7th June 2022, HRH Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, eldest child of King Harald V of Norway and his wife Queen Sonja (nee Haraldsen) has announced her engagement to her boyfriend Mr Durek Verrett (born 1974).

Princess Märtha Louise has previously married in 2002 to Mr Ari Behn and has three children. The Princess and Mr Behn divorced in 2017 and sadly in 2019, Mr Behn took his own life.

Mr Verrett has also been married before to Miss Zaneta Marzalkova from 2005 till they divorced in 2009.

Their Majesties The King and Queen of Norway and Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Princess of Norway offered their congratulations and best wishes to the couple in an official press release.

Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1st August 1936 – 7th June 2022)

Carl, Duke of Württemberg, Head of the House of Württemberg passed away on the 7th June 2022. Son of Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1893 – 1975) and his second wife Archduchess Rosa of Austria (1906 – 1983) 

On the 21st July 1960, Carl married  Princess Diane d'Orléans (born 1940) daughter of Henri, Count of Paris (1908 – 1999) and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911 – 2003).

They have six children, four sons and two daughters. He became Head of the House of Württemberg when his father died 1975. 

Carl, Duke of Württemberg  has been succeeded by his grandson Duke Wilhelm Friedrich von Württemberg (born 1994) as Head of the House of Württemberg. 

Wilhelm is the son of Duke Friedrich of Württemberg (1961 – 2018) and Princess Wilhelmine of Wied (born 1973) Wilhelm's father died in a car accident in 2018. Wilhelm's heir is his uncle Duke Eberhard of Württemberg.